Is qEEG "reliable"

Read it here (thanks to Kirk for collecting this list) Here is a longer list for those interested in the most frequently cited EEG reliability papers in the literature: _ EEG Reliability References: _ Aba´solo D, Hornero R, Espino P, Poza J, Sa´nchez CI, de la Rosa R. Analysis of regularity in the EEG background activity of Alzheimers disease patients with approximate entropy. Clin Neurophysiol 2005;116:1826–34. Aba´solo D, Hornero R, Go´mez C, Lo´pez M. Analysis of EEG background activity in Alzheimer’s disease patients with Lempel–Ziv complexity and central tendency measure. Med Eng Phys 2006;28:315–22. Allen, J.J.B., Urry, H.L., Hitt, S.K., Coan, J.A., (2004). The stability of resting frontal electroencephalographic asymmetry in depression. Psychophysiology 41, 269-280. Arruda JE, Weiler MD, Valentino D, Willis WG, Rossi JS, Stern RA, Gold SM, Costa L. A guide for applying principal-components analysis and confirmatory factor analysis to quantitative electroencephalogram data. Int J Psychophysiol , 1996; 23(1-2):63-81. Buckelmuller J, Landolt HP, Stassen HH, Achermann P. Trait-like individual differences in the human sleep electroencephalogram. Neuroscience 2006;138:351–6. Burgess A., Gruzelier. J. (1993). Individual reliability of amplitude distribution in topographical mapping of EEG. Electroenceph. clin. Neurophysiol. 86, 219-223. Burgess A., Gruzelier. J. (1996). The reliability of event-related desynchronisation: a generalisability study analysis. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 23 (3), p. 163-169. Clarke, A.R., Barry, R.J., McCarthy, R., Selikowitz, M., Johnstone, S.J., Abbott, I., Croft, R.J., ...& Lawrence, C.A. (2005). Effects of methylphenidate on EEG coherence in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 58(1), p. 4-11. Corsi-Cabrera, M., Solis-Ortiz, S., Guevara, M.A., (1997). Stability of EEG inter- and intrahemispheric correlation in women. Electroenceph. clin. Neurophysiol. 102, 248-255. Corsi-Cabrera, M., Galindo-Vilchis, L., del-Rio-Portilla, Y., Arce, C., Ramos-Loyo, J. (2007). Within-subject reliability and inter-session stability of EEG power and coherent activity in women evaluated monthly. Clinical Neurophysiology, 118 (1), p. 9-21. Dunki, R.M., Schmid, G.B., Stassen, H.H. (2000). Intraindividual specificity and stability of human EEG: comparing a linear vs a nonlinear approach. Methods Inf. Med. 39, 78-82 Dustman RE, Shearer DE, Emmerson RY. Life-span changes in EEG spectral amplitude, amplitude variability and mean frequency. Clin Neurophysiol 1999;110:1399–409. Fein G, Galin D, Johnstone J, Yingling C, Marcus M, Kiersch M. EEG power spectra in normal and dyslexic children. I. Reliability during passive conditions. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1983;55:399-405 Fein, G., Galin, D., Yingling, C.D., Johnstone, J., & Nelson, M.A., (1984). EEG spectra in 9-13-year-old boys are stable over 1-3 years. electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 58 (6), p. 517-518 Fernandez, T., Harmony, T., Rodriguez, M., Reyes, A., Marosi, E., Bernal, J., (1993). Test-retest reliability of EEG spectral parameters during cognitive tasks: I. Absolute and relative power. Int. J. Neurosci. 68 (3-4), 255-261 Fingelkurts, Al.A., Fingelkurts, An.& Kaplan, A.Ya., (2003a). The regularities of the discrete nature of multi-variability of EEG spectral patterns. Int. J. Psychophysiol. 47, 23-41. Fingelkurts, Al.A., Fingelkurts, An.A., Krause, C.M., Kaplan, A.Ya. (2003b). Systematic rules underlying spectral pattern variability: Experimental results and a review of the evidences. Int. J. Neurosci. 113, 1447-1473. Fingelkurts, A.A., Fingelkurts, A.A., Ermolaev, V.A., Kaplan, A.Y., (2006). Stability, reliability and consistency of the compositions of brain oscillations. Int. J. Psychophysiol. 59, 116–126. Gasser T, Bacher P, Steinberg H. Test–retest reliability of spectral parameters of the EEG. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1985;60:312–9., Gasser T, Jennen-Steinmetz C, Verleger R. EEG coherence at rest and during a visual task in two groups of children. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1987;67:151–8. Giannitrapani, D. (1985). The electrophysiology of intellectual functions. Basel: Karger. Gudmundsson, S., Runarsson, T.P., Sigurdsson, S., Eiriksdottie, G., & Johnsen, K. (2007). Reliability of quantitative EEG features. Clinical Neurophysiology 118; 2162-2171 Hamilton-Bruce MA, Boundy KL, Purdie GH. Interoperator variability in quantitative electroencephalography., Clin Exp Neurol., 1991; 28:219-224. Harmony, T., Fernandez, T., Rodriguez, M., Reyes, A., Marosi, E., Bernal, J., (1993). Test-retest reliability of EEG spectral parameters during cognitive tasks: II. Coherence. Int. J. Neurosci. 68, 263-271 John, E.R., Prichep, L., HN, h., waron, P., Fridman, J. & Kaye, H. (1983). Naurometric evaluation of cognitive dysfunctions and neurological disorders in children. progress in Neurobiology, 21, 293-290. Kondacs A, Szabo M. Long-term intra-individual variability of the background EEG in normals. Clin Neurophysiol 1999;110:1708–16. Lal, S.K.L., & Craig, A. (2005). Reproducibility of the spectral components of the electroencephalogram during driver fatigue. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 55(2), p. 137-143. Lawson, J.S., Galin, G., Adams, S.J., Brunet, D. G., Criollo, M., & MacCrimmon, D.J. (2003). Artefacting reliability in QEEG topographic maps. Clinical Neurophysiology, 114(5), p. 883-888. Lund, T.R., Sponheim, S.R., Iacono, W.G., Clementz, B.A. (1995). Internal consistency reliability of resting EEG power spectra in schizophrenic and normal subjects. Psychophysiology 32, 66-71. Maltez J, Hyllienmark L, Nikulin VV, Brismar T. Time course and variability of power in different frequency bands of EEG during resting conditions. Neurophysiol Clin 2004;34:195–202. McEvoy, L.K., Smith, M.E., Gevins, A., 2000. Test–retest reliability of cognitive EEG. Clin. Neurophysiol. 111, 457–463. Napflin, M., Wildi, M. & Sarnthein, J. (2007). Test-retest reliability of resting EEG spectra validates a statistical signature of persons. Clinical Neurophysiology 118, 2519-2524. Neuper, C., Grabner, R.H., Fink, A., & Neubauer, A.C. (2005). Long-term stability and consistency of EEG event-related (de-)synchronization across different cognitive tasks. Clinical Neurophysiology, 116 (7), p. 1681-1694. Oken, BS, Chiappa, KH (1988). Short Term Variability in EEG Frequency Analysis. Electroenceph. clin. Neurophysiol. 69, 191-198 Pollock VE, Schneider LS, Lyness SA. Reliability of topographic quantitative EEG amplitude in healthy late-middle-aged and elderly subjects. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1991;79:20–6. Poulos M, Rangoussi M, Alexandris N, Evangelou A. 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Transformation of arbitrary distrubutions to the normal distribution with application to EEG test-retest reliability. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 161 (2), p.205-211. Vuga M, Fox NA, Cohn JF, George CJ, Levenstein RM, Kovacs M. Long-term stability of frontal electroencephalographic asymmetry in adults with a history of depression and controls. Int J Psychophysiol 2006;59:107–15. Williams, LM, Simms E, Clark CR, Paul RH, Rowe D., Gordon E. (2005). The test-retest reliability of a standardized neurocognitive and neurophysiological test battery: "neuromarker". International Journal of Neuroscience. Dec; 115(12): 1605-1630.